Example sentences of "[adv] preparing for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soldiers were beginning to look at the clock and fumble with equipment , apparently preparing for a guard change . |
| 2 | The driver was obviously preparing for a grand-prix start . |
| 3 | As I oversee the finishing touches of this Christmas issue of Pipeline , I am also preparing for a special production of my own ! |
| 4 | Thousands of refugees in Afghanistan who 've fled conflict and civil war are now preparing for a further challenge … the bitter winter ahead . |
| 5 | They are now preparing for a special anniversary concert in the Crypt Concert Room at the cathedral on November 14 . |
| 6 | In the bottom half of the draw Chris Wilkinson was again preparing for a second challenge to Jeremy Bates ' domination as he overcame strong challenges from Italy , South Africa and Sweden to reach his second final . |
| 7 | For most of the period , from the first conquests in the fourteenth century until the rise of the South Slav nationalist movements in the nineteenth century , the empire was either preparing for a war against its Christian neighbours , fighting a war or recovering from a war . |
| 8 | The Carlists had been building up the paramilitary Requeté since the early days of the Republic and seriously preparing for a rising since 1934 . |